Cam’ron Says He Originally Wrote “I Really Mean It” for Lil’ Kim

June 10, 2025 1

Cam’ron and Ma$e are convinced that they are influencing sports culture in major ways. The co-hosts of the popular It Is What It Is sports and entertainment podcast — while discussing NBA commissioner Adam Silver telling FS1’s Breakfast Ball that the league’s All-Star Game will be moving towards “some form of USA against the World” next year — joked that the NBA is stealing their ideas.

They offered that the league should let them be “secret consultants.”

“If you wanna contact us, and keep it, you know, saying that y’all didn’t use our consultation, we’re available for that,” Cam’ron said. “We’re available to give you secret ideas, and act like, ‘Yo, it wasn’t us.’ It’s called ‘ghostwriting.’”

When Treasure Wilson asked if there is a song that many people may not know was written by them, Cam went on to point out that he’s behind-the-scenes in places you may not expect — sharing that he ghostwrote “No More (Baby I’ma Do Right)” for girl group 3LW.

“I wrote for 3 Little Women,” Cam said as Ma$e laughed. “The single, I’m in the credits, I wrote that. ‘Promises, promises?’ That’s me. I penned that joint. We’re real creative. Just tap in, man.”

He added that Dipset’s track “I Really Mean It” was originally intended for Lil’ Kim.

“I did write a song for Lil’ Kim and she didn’t want it, and the lyrics changed and I ended up keeping it for myself,” Cam shared. “It was one of my biggest records, but I wrote ‘I Really Mean It’ for Lil’ Kim. Same format, and she didn’t like it.”

Cam’ron famously ghostwrote Kim’s 1996 classic “Crush On You” from her hit debut album Hard Core. But he says he’s glad she passed on “I Really Mean It.”

“That’s one of the best things, ’cause that’s one of my close-out songs, to be totally honest with you, and she didn’t want the song,” he says. “I’m happy she didn’t.”

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